The Osceola times., 1887-09-03

On the 18th stay OF proceedings was
granted in Jake Sharpe's case.
BUCHANAN and adjoining counties In
Missouri are organizing an anti-horse-thief
association.
On the 18th Governor Lloyd of Maryland
reprieved John Thomas Ross. the negro
who was 10 have been hanged In Balti.
more ON the Goth, for two weeks. Unless
a further postponement Of the execution
be made Ross will lie hanged September o.
PAYMAsrER WATKINS, United States
Navy, has been sentenced To three years
| Imprisonment at hard labor. During his
| Imprisonment he IL 20 receive one-half fur
Tough pay, and at the expiration Of his
sentence will be dismissed from the sery-
ice. Watkins was tried ON board his ship,
the Ossipee. at Yokohama, and found
guilty Of fraud embeLzlement, deserton
and other offenses.
In is claimed a natural flow OF both oil
and gas has been discovered near Fort
| Smelling, MINI. IL is said that oil comes
to the surface in such quantities that II
can easily be gathered IN the crude state
The government of New South Wales
having offered 100000 acres Of land TO any
missionary society that will undertake &c
civilize the natives, the Pope has directed
that immediate attention he paid Ia the
offer in order 10 forestali Protestant soeie-
ties.
THE dissatisfaction among the officers OF
the Belgian army at the Kings military
policy is growing. General Brailmont has
resigned.
The De Witt County QlL) grand jury
has pronounced the court house at Clinton
unsafe.
THE postal telegraph has been consoli.
dated with the Canadian Pacific, aud John
w. Mackay retres.
SOME mscreant tried 10 wreck train on
the Wabash near Danville, ILL.,, on the 26th,
but the scheme was frustrated.
GbeEhsoR MoRrBotsE Of Missouri has
offered a reward of $500 for the apprehen.
sion of Rev. West, for the murder of Susie
Beck.
MEMBERS Of the Grand Army had a
demon stration at Wheeling, W. Va, on the
26th, and refused TO walk under a portrait
of the President.
THE Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
recommended the pardon Of Lieutenant
Knight, James A. Brooks and Henry Putz
convicted OF mansaug bter at Fort Smith,
Ark,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in
gold left the sub-treasury at st. Louis for
Chicago ON the 26th. This is the second
shipment Of u like sum to the city on the
lake within three months. The money
was shipped in five barrels Of 100000
each, containing twenty bags Of 5000
each.
ACTING LAND COMMISSIONER STocK.
sLAGER has taken the necessary steps to
carry into effect Secretary Lamar's order
directing restoration to settlement and
entry of the unimproved indemnity selec.
tion of the California & Oregon Railroad
Company in California. This will affect
some 10000 acres Of land.
On the 27th earthquake shocks were felt
IN several portions of Georgia and South
Carolina. No damage is reported, but
considerable apprehension was awakened.
A GREAT home missionary revival has
been inaugurated in England under the
auspices of the Methodist denomination.
CONSPIRACY is alleged to exist at
Washington among Republican clerks to
so bungle tn cir reports that discredit will
be cast upon the work Of the present ad.
mnistration.
Ar the close OF the week ended the 27th
the Detroit and st. Louis base ball clubs
held their respective places at the head OF
the League and Association, both having
made gain ON the week.
THE Canadian Knights OF Labor have
inaugurated steps to secure the autonomy
Of the order in the Dominion without im-
pairing their connection with the general
assembly.
| On the eth a committee from Detroit
Mich, waited on the President at the
White House and rendered an invitation
for the President and party to visit theii
party. The programme having been ar.
ranged they got little comfort beyont
| pleasant words.
| As the result of an elaborate calculat!on
it is found that the bonded debt OF thu
United States has been decreased at thu
rate Of S2.07 for every second, or for every
swing Of the pendulum, for the entir
period from August 81, 1865, to July 81
1887.
ADvICEs from Yokohama state that tn
draft of the japanese Civil Code, havin,
been completed and printed il isnow beinl
translated into English and French. Thi
work must be accomplished before the re-
vision Of treaties can be resumed.
THE steamships Umbria and Seryia
which arrived in New York on the 2Sth
brought u large number of delegates to tn
international medical congress, to conven
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